I'm ready to cut my tits off after that WIC thread. I really would like to know why people care how women feed their children. After I brought Avery in to work to meet my coworkers, almost everyone asked if I was BF'ing her. Even my 30-something year old male boss. At the time, I was. When I said yes, they would just respond, "oh". Not, "that's great" or anything else. I wish I had asked them why they wanted to know.

I'm ready to cut my tits off after that WIC thread. I really would like to know why people care how women feed their children. After I brought Avery in to work to meet my coworkers, almost everyone asked if I was BF'ing her. Even my 30-something year old male boss. At the time, I was. When I said yes, they would just respond, "oh". Not, "that's great" or anything else. I wish I had asked them why they wanted to know.

formula needs to be held to better standards. It should not have added ingredients that are potentially harmful and not shown to be beneficial. Formula companies should not be able to advertise to babies under six months, give free samples or gifts in the hospitals or formula checks.

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formula needs to be held to better standards. It should not have added ingredients that are potentially harmful and not shown to be beneficial. Formula companies should not be able to advertise to babies under six months, give free samples or gifts in the hospitals or formula checks.

I'll bite...
Children are being FED. Why should anyone give two sh!ts abouthoq it's happening?
If anything, all the BF gurus should be elated that apparently my FF daughter will be fat and dumb, therefore eliminating one more competitor for the presidential election/soccer team/ Harvard.

I'll bite...
Children are being FED. Why should anyone give two sh!ts abouthoq it's happening?
If anything, all the BF gurus should be elated that apparently my FF daughter will be fat and dumb, therefore eliminating one more competitor for the presidential election/soccer team/ Harvard.

Here's an interesting nugget. DH never had a drop of bm in his life. Why? His mother didnt want to bf him-that simple. He's never been really sick--no ear infections, allergies, etc. To this day, he bever gets sick. He graduated with his master's from Johns Hopkins with a 3.99 GPA. He's mensa material. He's slender. I, on the other hand, never had formula. Not a drop. I was a very sickly child. Ear infections all the time, hospitalized, you name it. I have allergies. If someone sneezes near me, I get sick. I'm chunky. (I wasn't until the baby came along though). I graduated from a so-so state school with my Bachelor's degree 10 years after high school, with a 3.4 GPA.

Here's an interesting nugget. DH never had a drop of bm in his life. Why? His mother didnt want to bf him-that simple. He's never been really sick--no ear infections, allergies, etc. To this day, he bever gets sick. He graduated with his master's from Johns Hopkins with a 3.99 GPA. He's mensa material. He's slender. I, on the other hand, never had formula. Not a drop. I was a very sickly child. Ear infections all the time, hospitalized, you name it. I have allergies. If someone sneezes near me, I get sick. I'm chunky. (I wasn't until the baby came along though). I graduated from a so-so state school with my Bachelor's degree 10 years after high school, with a 3.4 GPA.

I automatically got a lot of free samples with my first & also got the free diaper bag & goodies. I was mad that I didn't get any of that with my 2nd. But I did sign up on the formula sites to get the samples for 'just incase' I'm pretty stubborn so it would have to be an emergency for me to use it. But it's nice to get for free b/c I don't want to spend my money on something I most likely will never use. As of now neither of my kids have ever even tasted formula. But, I like getting free stuff. Just b/c someone gets free formula samples does not mean they will use them. I did use the free intuition razors, the bottle cooler...

I automatically got a lot of free samples with my first & also got the free diaper bag & goodies. I was mad that I didn't get any of that with my 2nd. But I did sign up on the formula sites to get the samples for 'just incase' I'm pretty stubborn so it would have to be an emergency for me to use it. But it's nice to get for free b/c I don't want to spend my money on something I most likely will never use. As of now neither of my kids have ever even tasted formula. But, I like getting free stuff. Just b/c someone gets free formula samples does not mean they will use them. I did use the free intuition razors, the bottle cooler...

What I think when I hear these stories...what if you were ff and what if your dh was bf? Would you have been worse off and would he have been better off? There is no telling.

I was bf for two years, I have eczema and I had childhood asthma. There were times when my parents were scared of losing me. I grew out of the asthma...maybe I wouldn't have if I was not bf. I can't say of course but personal stories like that do not mean anything to me. Not every person has the same genes or social experiences, which can influence education and health.

What I think when I hear these stories...what if you were ff and what if your dh was bf? Would you have been worse off and would he have been better off? There is no telling.

I was bf for two years, I have eczema and I had childhood asthma. There were times when my parents were scared of losing me. I grew out of the asthma...maybe I wouldn't have if I was not bf. I can't say of course but personal stories like that do not mean anything to me. Not every person has the same genes or social experiences, which can influence education and health.

"Just b/c someone gets free formula samples does not mean they will use
them. I did use the free intuition razors, the bottle cooler..."

Of course not. But there are some who will get that bottle out that is ready to feed when the baby is not sleeping and wants to nurse all the time. Add in the difficulties with breastfeeding in the first two weeks to the matter and those free bottles will look more appealing.

"Just b/c someone gets free formula samples does not mean they will use
them. I did use the free intuition razors, the bottle cooler..."

Of course not. But there are some who will get that bottle out that is ready to feed when the baby is not sleeping and wants to nurse all the time. Add in the difficulties with breastfeeding in the first two weeks to the matter and those free bottles will look more appealing.

Formula companies should not be able to advertise to babies under six
months, give free samples or gifts in the hospitals or formula checks.

I disagree.

When my 4 month old came to me about an advertisement I was elated. :)

I also appreciated those free samples and gifts in the hospital. I haven't used them with Jonathan but I sure did with my other kids. I was nursing them and ran into all sorts of issues, the samples were a life saver for middle of the night problems. They also let me know which my child liked and did well with and which ones to stay away from.

Formula companies should not be able to advertise to babies under six
months, give free samples or gifts in the hospitals or formula checks.

I disagree.

When my 4 month old came to me about an advertisement I was elated. :)

I also appreciated those free samples and gifts in the hospital. I haven't used them with Jonathan but I sure did with my other kids. I was nursing them and ran into all sorts of issues, the samples were a life saver for middle of the night problems. They also let me know which my child liked and did well with and which ones to stay away from.

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